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D. C. FISCHEL. PARASOL 0R MBRBLLA.

PatentedJan. l2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES DANIEL O. FISOHEL, OF TROY, NEVYORK.

PARASOL OR UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,368, dated January' l2, 1886.

Application filed July 13, 1885. Serial No. 171,635. (No model.)

To all whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL C. FisoHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parasols and Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is a well-known fact that a great number of parasols or sunshades are annually defaced and injured by being exposed to the effects of rain. Ladies are often caught in showers with no other protection for their bonnets and laces than these fragile articles, which are designed only to exclude the rays of the sun.

The object of my invention is to furnish a light cover for parasols and umbrellas that can be rolled into apackage sufficiently small to be carried in the pocket of a ladys dress, and that can readily be applied to the cover of the parasol and as readily released therefrom. These covers are made of oil-silk, rubber fabric, or other suitable material` and are preferably impervious to water. They are also light and flexible, and of any color or tint desired. The cover is adapted to be applied to the frames of parasols and umbrellas when the original cover becomes defaced or worn, as an additional cover or as a substitute for the defaced cover.

My invention consists of a cover provided with certain devices for attaching it to the frame or to the cover of a parasolorumbrella, as herein described, and particularly set forth and combined in the claims.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a parasol with my improvement applied over the cover of the parasol. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is aferrulefor coveringthestick and the elastic cord.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents my improved cover, having a circular opening, o, in the top, for the insertion of the stick s of the parasol. The opening is cut somewhat larger than the circumference of the stick,

and is encircled by a hem, h, of the fabric, which contains an elastic band or cord, c. The hem is puckered, so as to be drawn bythe elastic cord and hugged to the stick when in position. The socket-tips T are designed to be slipped over the ordinary tips of the bows of the parasol, and are made with shanks b, which are fastened to the fabric some distance above the circumferential edge of the cover, which may be the same size as the original cover, or larger, extending any desired distance below, thereby covering the tips of the bows.

My improved cover is easily attached to the frame of the parasol orumbrella,whether said frame is in the form of a skeleton oris already covered.

Whenever the cover of an old umbrella or sunshade becomes faded, worn, or otherwise defaced, any person of ordinary intelligence can in a few moments,without the use of tools, apply my improved vcover to the old frame, and thus save the time in buying and the price of a new article'of the kind.

The operation of adjusting my improvement is as follows: The tip of the stick is inserted in the opening of the cover c. The sockettips are then taken hold of by the fingers of the operator and pulled down, causing the elastic cord to yield enough to permit the socket-tips to be slipped over the tips of the bows. The ferrule f is then passed over the tip of the stick and pressed down upon the cover.

Having described my invention, l claiml. A detachable false cover having a central opening surrounded by a tube and elastic cord, and provided at its border with sockettips, in combination with the frame and cover of a parasol or an umbrella, substantially as described.

2. A detachable false cover having a central opening surrounded by a tube and an elastic cord, and provided at its border with sockettips, in combination with a parasol or an umbrella, the said cover being larger than the cover proper, substantially as described.

3. A detachable cover having acentral opening surrounded by a tube and an elastic cord In testimony whereof I have affixed mysigro nature in presence of two witnesses.

DAXIEL C. FISCHE L.

'itnesses:

JOSEPH A. NORTON, MICHAEL H. MYERS. 

